ARM Instruments
The ARM Program was funded through the U.S. Department of Energy to develop several highly instrumented ground stations for studying cloud formation processes and their influence on radiative transfer and for measuring other parameters that determine the radiative properties of the atmosphere. As a result, the ARM Climate Research Facility now provides a comprehensive set of world-class, and in some cases, unique, instruments available for use by the global scientific community. For a quick summary of ARM instruments at each field site, view the Instrument Location Table.
- Aerosol Observation System (AOS)
- Atmospherically Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)
- Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDE)
- Baseline Solar Radiation Network (BSRN)
- Belfort Laser Ceilometer (BLC)
- Broadband Radiometer Station (BRS)
- Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement Systems (CO2FLX)
- Carbon Monoxide Mixing Ratio System (CO)
- Cimel Sunphotometer (CSPHOT)
- Disdrometer (DISDROMETER)
- Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement System (ECOR)
- Energy Balance Bowen Ratio Station (EBBR)
- Flask Samplers for Carbon Cycle Gases and Isotopes (FLASK)
- G-band (183 GHz) Vapor Radiometer (GVR)
- G-band (183 GHz) Vapor Radiometer profiler (GVRP)
- Ground Radiometer Autonomous Measurement System (GRAMS)
- Ground Radiometers on Stand for Upwelling Radiation (GNDRAD)
- In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights) (IAP)
- Infrared Thermometer (IRT)
- Integrated Sounding System (ISSSONDE)
- Meteorological Instrumentation at AMF (MET)
- Micropulse Lidar (MPL)
- Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
- Microwave Radiometer - high frequency (MWRHF)
- Microwave Radiometer Profiler (MWRP)
- Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar (MMCR)
- Mini Sound Detection and Ranging (SODAR)
- Multifilter Radiometer (MFR)
- Multifilter Radiometer and Infrared Thermometer (MFRIRT)
- Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR)
- Narrow Field of View Zenith Radiometer (NFOV)
- Normal Incidence Multifilter Radiometer (NIMFR)
- Optical Rain Gauge (ORG)
- Precipitation Network (PRECNET)
- Precision Carbon Dioxide Mixing Ratio System (PGS)
- Radar Wind Profiler (1290 MHz) (1290RWP)
- Radar Wind Profiler (50 MHz) (50RWP)
- Radar Wind Profiler (915 MHz) (915RWP)
- Radiation Measurements at AMF (RAD)
- Raman Lidar (RL)
- Rotating Shadowband Spectroradiometer (RSS)
- SGP Surface Conditions Observations by Site Technicians (SURFLOG)
- Shortwave Spectrometer (SWS)
- Sky Radiometers on Stand for Downwelling Radiation (SKYRAD)
- Soil Water and Temperature System (SWATS)
- Solar and Infrared Radiation Observation Station Instruments (SIROS)
- Solar and Infrared Radiation Station (SIRS)
- Surface Meteorological Instruments for TWP (SMET)
- Surface Meteorological Observation System Instruments for SGP (SMOS)
- Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference System for Sondes (SURTHREF)
- Surface and Tower Meteorological Instrumentation at NSA (METTWR)
- Temperature, Humidity, Wind and Pressure Sensors (THWAPS)
- Time-Lapsed Cloud Video (TLCV)
- Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (RAIN)
- Total Precipitation Sensor (TPS)
- Total Sky Imager (TSI)
- Tower Camera (TWRCAM)
- Tower Temperature and Humidity Sensors (TWR)
- Vaisala Ceilometer (VCEIL)
- W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar (WACR)
- Whole Sky Imager (WSI)
